Value Partners ventures into thematics
It will be launching a technology-focused multi-asset product after receiving regulatory approval
It will be launching a technology-focused multi-asset product after receiving regulatory approval
Fund has risk level equal to or lower than a 70% bonds and 30% equities benchmark
Fund group is ditching third-party funds for segregated mandates
Advisers continue to favour Vanguard Lifestrategy for multi-asset exposure, despite concerns the range’s high duration leaves investors exposed to rising interest rates.
Investors need to stop viewing ‘Rubik’s Cube’ multi-asset funds as a one stop solution to deal with all their needs, BMO’s Gary Potter has said.
Professional investors in Europe are losing their enthusiasm for absolute return funds.
Multi-asset, or asset allocation funds, have been an investor favourite for years. But why would a professional investor invest in these one-stop shop funds?
One-stop shop funds that take away responsibility for asset allocation have been the blockbuster sellers with European investors in the last three years, but debt funds have also done well despite record low interest rates.
Aberdeen Asset Management has launched two multi-asset funds in Singapore, the firm’s first such funds to be offered in the city-state.
Alternative investments from aircraft leasing to renewable energy are still an attractive option for multi-asset funds, despite fears the asset class is approaching bubble territory, says Kames Capital’s senior multi-asset investment specialist, Nick Edwardson.
Multi-asset and absolute return strategies have been at the height of popularity in recent months as investors scramble to defend against potential headwinds, but with economic data so favourable is the only thing we need to fear actually fear itself?
Schroders has launched a multi-asset fund for Johanna Kyrklund designed to weather potential storms in equity and bond markets.